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Category Archives: Electronics

Everex gBook - Linux laptop

14-May-08

This review was written on an Everex gBook.
There are pros and cons to the Everex 15.4″ gBook VA1500V Laptop PC w/ VIA C7-M Processor, but bottom line I’m not sending it back! The biggest pro is the price - $399 at Walmart.com with free “Site to Store” delivery (which took two to three weeks, 40 […]

Nokia E62 from AT&T Wireless

18-Jul-07

I can’t say enough good about my new Nokia E62 from the selection of PDA Devices at ATT.com. I had been hesitant to purchase a “smartphone” because all-in-one devices have always had, and generally deserved, a bad reputation. The killer here was what do you do if you’re making an urgent call and the phone’s operating […]

Motorola C139

05-Apr-07

I purchased the Motorola C139 to use with Cingular’s GoPhone prepaid phone service as a temporary replacement for a damaged Cingular phone. (I needed a phone in the Cingular network to work with the rest of the family without running up bills.) TracFone also offers this model as the Net10 Motorola Prepaid Cellular Phone […]

XACT XVP640: VoIP Phone

21-Nov-06

I bought this USB phone handset to work with Skype VoIP (Voice over IP - internet telephone) software. The phone works well, though simply using a USB headset works equally well. The handset provides three things that the USB headset doesn’t:

It dials like a normal phone, instead of using the computer keyboard.
It works […]

Zen Nano Plus MP3 Player

01-Nov-06

I bought my Creative Zen Nano Plus 1 GB MP3 Player as a replacement for my first MP3 player, an Encross Enterprise WaveX TS300 256 MB MP3/WMA Player (FM, Voice Recorder). I bought both of these for similar reasons and both were excellent buys especially given the price. The Zen Nano Plus has […]

Olympus FE-115 5MP Digital Camera

24-Oct-06

I’ve owned several digital cameras including a few Olympus models and my latest is an Olympus FE-115 5MP Digital Camera with 2.8x Optical Zoom (11x seamless zoom with digital and optical combined). The FE-115 is the smallest digital camera with decent optics and memory that I’ve owned. It has a 5 megapixel sensor […]